Fastener.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906. H. S. HANSTINE & J. F. THOMPSON.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1904.

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HARRY S. HANSTINE AND JAMES F. THOMPSON,

PENNSYLVANIA.

OF PITTSBURG,

FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed July 16, 1904. Serial No. 216,812.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY S. HANSTINE and JAMES F. THOMPSON, citizensof the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to fasteners, and more particularly tofasteners which may e used upon shoes and like articles; and theinvention has for its object the provision of novel means for securingtwo pieces of material together in a quick and easy manner, whereby theymay be readily detached when desired.

Another object of our invention is'to provide a fastener which isparticularly adapted for use in connection with shoes and the likearticles, and we employ novel meanswhereby a shoe may be fastened uponthe foot of a person with considerable rapidity and the upon a shoe afastener so constructed as to present a neat and attractive appearance,and, if so desired, it may be used in connection with the ordinary lacesand buttons that are commonly used as fasteners for footwear.

Briefly described, our improved fastener consists of providing a stirrupwhich is adapted to be carried by one piece of material to be securedtogether, and in case the same is used plurality of these stirrups aremounted upon the upper of the shoe adjacent to the laces or in place ofthe buttons commonly used, and upon the other article to be secured tothis first-named article is mounted a plurality of hooks, which areadapted to engage the stirrup and securely hold the two pieces ofmaterial together.

The above construction and the results derived therefrom will be morefully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this application, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a shoe having the ordinary laces, showing ourimproved fastener used in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar Viewof a shoe of the button form upon which our improved fastener may beused. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a hook and rive'tconstructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of a stirrup comprising one of the members of ourimproved fastener. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of ourimproved fastener, showing the same in a position which will be assumedwhen two pieces of material'are about to be secured together. Fig. 6 isa similar view showing the completed operation of securing two pieces ofmaterial together, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of a portion of the shoeconstructed in accordance with our invention.

In the several views of the drawings accompanying this application likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts, and while we have hereinshown our improved fastener as being employed in connection withfootwear we do not desire to limit ourselves to this particular article,but we wish it to be understood that the fastener may be used upon anyarticles wherein devices of this character are used. The fastener, whichcomprises two members, is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings,the one member comprising a hook 1, which is preferably constructed of aflat piece of metal, this member being formed on a compound curve, theone curve 2 of which forms a hook, while the other curve is describedupon a greater radius and the end of the member is provided with anaperture 3, through which a rivet 4 passes when the member is to besecured to a piece of material 5. The rivet is preferably formed withone of its heads to represent a button, as indicated at 6, the rivetbeing generally secured in the material, whereby this button-head willbe upon the outside of the material and be visible. The other member ofour improved fastener comprises a stirrup 7, this stirrup being in theform of a U-shaped piece of metal, the horizontal portion of which isprovided with apertures 8 8, whereby the same may be secured to a pieceof material 9 by rivets 10 10. The sides of the stirrup are semicircularin contour, as designated by the reference-numerals 11 11, and betweenthese sides is mounted a pin 12.

Reference will now be had to Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, wherein wehave illustrated the mode of securing two pieces of material 5 and 9together, and the operation consists of bending the edge of the piece ofmaterial 5 upon itself, as designated by the referencenumeral 14,whereby the hook portion 2 of the member 1 will project outwardly andmay be brought into engagement with the pin 12, as shown in Fig. 5, thisoperation permitting the piece of material 5 to be placed in closeproximity to the piece of material 9. When the hook has engaged the pin12, the bent-over portion of the piece of material 5 is carried over thestirrup 7 to the position shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the bentoverportion of the piece of material lying in engagement with the piece ofmaterial 9, as designated by the reference-numeral 15, and the fastenerbeing invisible owing to the piece of material 5 covering the two piecesof material assume the posi tion shown in Fig. 6, the piece of material5 will be drawn rearwardly to such an extent as to cause the pin 12 tobe pressed between the piece of material 5 and the curved portion of themember 1, this movement of the member 1 drawing the piece of material 5into engagement with the piece of material 9 and securely clamping thetwo pieces together.-

The operation above described applies to any two pieces of material thatare to be secured together, the same mode of procedure being employedwhen the fastener is used upon footwear.

In Fig. 1 we have shown the fastener as being employed in connectionwith the shoe where it is desired to retain the ordinary laces 16commonly used, and in this event an extra strip of leather 17 isemployed, this str p being provided with eyelets 18 upon its one edge toreceive the laces 16, and upon the other edge of the piece of material17 are provided the members 1 of our improved fastener, and in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings the button end 6 of the rivets 4 is visible. When thisstrip is employed in connection with the shoe, the same is laced to theupper of the shoe and is adapted to be secured to the other half of theupper by our improved fastener, the stirrups being secured to the upperin positions whereby the member 1 of the strip of material 17 may bereadily locked in engagement with said stirrups. If it be so desired,the lower end 19 of the strip may be sewed to the body portion oftheshoe, as indicated by the dotted line 19 near the bottom of the stripin Fig. 1, whereby it will. be made a part of the shoe, and in case thelaces are dispensed with, as would be the case where buttons areemployed, as shown in Fig. 2, it would be impossible for the strip 17 obecome disengaged from the shoe.

the same. When By referring button-shoe, and where our improved fasteneris to be employed the buttons and the button-holes of the upper aredispensed with and in place of the buttons being secured to one side ofthe upper we secure the stirrup member of our improved fastener and inplace of the buttonholes employ the member 1 and the rivet 4, the buttonend 6 of the rivet representing a button, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings.

It will thus be observed that we have provided a fastener which may bequickly operated, and in constructing the same we have made the fasteneras simple as possible, whereby the expense of manufacture is reduced toa minimum, at the same time maintaining a construction which will bestrong and durable and highly efficient for securing two pieces ofmaterial together when so desired.

It will be noted that we may employ any number of these fasteners uponsuch articles as footwear and that the general arrangement of thefasteners thereon maybe changed without departing from the scope of theinvention.

What We claim is 1. In a fastening for shoes, the combination with anunderlying flap and a plurality of stirrups riveted to the said flap,each stirrup comprising a U-shaped piece and a cross-pin, of anoverlying flap and a plurality of hooks riveted to the overlying flap,each hook eX- tending inwardly from the point of attachment to the flyand having a bent end returned on the body of the hook adjacent theinner surface of the overlying flap.

2. The combination with a shoe-upper having an overlying flap andunderlying flap, of

curved hooks attached to one flap on the under side thereof, buttonshaving shanks which serve to attach said hooks to said flap, the saidhooks being formed with return-bends on their ends, and stirrups rigidlysecured to the underlying flap, said stirrups engaging said hooks.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY S. HANSTINE JAMES F. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

H. C. EVERT, E. E. POTTER to Fig. 2 of-the drawings it will be observedthat we have illustrated a

